THE AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ACCEPTS CREDENTIALS FROM THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR
Author: R. Abdullayev

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
March 28 2006

The Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev has accepted credentials from
the French ambassador Bernard Amodrique du Shafo, Trend reports.

In the course of the ensuing conversation the Azerbaijani leader
confidently emphasized that the relations between Azerbaijan and France
will continue to strengthen. “Cooperation is very successful in all
areas. Several visits that I have made to France confirmed that our
cooperation in political, economic and cultural areas continues to
grow,” the President said, adding that growth of relations between
Azerbaijan and EU also positively influences relations between the
two countries.

France as an OSCE Minsk group co-chairman has also made a huge
contribution to the cause of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution,
Aliyev said. “I hope that the co-chairmen ` s efforts will yield the
results,” he added.

Amodrique du Shafo in his turn reminded about the friendly relations
between the presidents of the two countries, emphasizing that “that
these truly friendly relations give an impetus for the bilateral
relations development.”

The French diplomat has mentioned in the conclusion, that the President
Jacque Chirac treats Armenian- Azerbaijani conflict very sensitively
and fully “realizes his political duties.”